Made as a trade with @OhUhIDunno. The manip was made by them as well.

Their half is found here: (once they post it )

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In the aftermath of Jamie’s time in the icebox, nothing had really happened all that much for Lexan and their partner. 

Sure, there was the time that they ‘accidentally’ squished her with their front door, but that wasn’t intentional.

Given that they weren’t spending their time playing with their girlfriend, they had decided to try something new. 

Recently, their town had installed a new pickleball court, so, with nothing better to do, they tried it out.

Immediately, Lexan became addicted to the game. More often than not, they’d spend their free time on the court, albeit just them. 

You see, they had brought Jamie to play a few times, but, well, she wasn’t any good. No matter their tips or the tips from the other people using the court, she just never got good at the sport. 

Normally, this wouldn’t have been a problem, with the partners both getting better at the game the more they played. However, from the outset, Lexan was a natural.

So, while they worked magic on the court, Jamie could only aspire to be as good as them. During the times the couple would play against other teams, let’s just say that Lexan was doing quite a lot of carrying. 

Due to this, they began to tease her about this. Anytime Jamie tried to go with them to the court, they’d say, “The only way you’d be useful as a teammate is as the ball.” 

Well, soon enough, they would be able to see how true that joke was. After one last time of begging to go with them, they struck.

Slamming a nearby door into their girlfriend, they flattened her. They subsequently peeled her off their wall, balled her up, and brought her to their artdesk. 

Having a pickleball on hand, they proceed to paint their partner, making her look nearly identical to the ball.

The following day, after she had dried, Lexan went to the court. Alongside them was their friend Mary, a good pickleball player in her own right. Initially, they had intended to go easy on her, given that she was their girlfriend after all. 

However, upon bouncing her on the group, they heard a little “Mppphfff.” With that, they had all the motivation needed to see how good a ball her partner would make.

After an intense game between the two friends, which lasted almost an hour, they had finished. Lexan had come up on top, though; that was no surprise. The ball was in their court, or rather, they had courted the ball. 

Anyway, the game was over, and it was time to head home. Leaving the court, they threw Jamie into the air, caught her, and then paused. 

Looking around, they spotted a group of four getting ready for a game. Looking down at the ball in their hand, they gave it a squeeze, with it eliciting a quiet “mmmmmmmphfff.”

“Well, Jamie,” Lexan told her, “That was fun and all, but I think you can have more fun here without me.” With that, they rolled their squished girlfriend to the group.

Bending down, Sarah picked up the normal-looking ball. It had all but appeared out of nowhere. Looking at it, she noticed it had this weird design, almost like there was a woman’s face on it. 

Thinking on it for a second, she disagreed with it. She figured it must be some marks from someone having played with it. 

Bouncing her on the ground, she got ready to start the game. As she did, Jamie did as well, not looking forward to getting whacked about again.

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